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‘The Next Steps’. Beyond brochureware - building functional university websites (the ‘gestalt’ view). David Christmas Ian Roddis September 1999. Presentation Outline. Four classes of website we know OU examples and their key characteristics Summary of the evolutionary process
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‘The Next Steps’ Beyond brochureware - building functional university websites (the ‘gestalt’ view) David Christmas Ian Roddis September 1999
Presentation Outline • Four classes of website we know • OU examples and their key characteristics • Summary of the evolutionary process • Lessons, recommendations and some questions - ‘OUr way’
The four classes 1 Indie Sites 2 Webmaster Sites 3 Embedded Sites 4 E-business
Key characteristics • What does it do ? • Who is involved ? • Who is it for? • How does it affect the organisation ? • What technology does it use, and who decides ?
Indie-site 1 Screenshot of any classic home page (including picture of cat, motorbike and recent birthday party perhaps)!
Indie-site 2 beagle2.open.ac.uk/
Embedded site 1 - a prospectus www.open.ac.uk/courses
Embedded site 2 - a web gateway www.open.ac.uk
Embedded site 3 - Student record access www.open.ac.uk/students
Embedded site 4 -summer schools booking www.open.ac.uk/residential-schools/
An e-business site www.dell.com/
The evolutionary process • Function • Organisational involvement • Effects • Technology
The evolutionary process • Function • From “a website” • To “our business”
The evolutionary process • Organisational involvement • Who is it for • Who makes it happen • Who pays for it • Who builds it • Who maintains it • Who evaluates it • Who cares
The evolutionary process • Effects • Strategic impact • Process changes • Cultural consequences • Cost of failure
The evolutionary process • Technology • Integration with other IS • Development tools • Robustness • Standardisation • Quality assurance • Security
The evolutionary process Indie Webmaster Embedded E-business
Moving beyond brochureware • Ownership • Involvement • Culture • Meeting needs • Processes change • Adequate technology